Surgical Technical Skill Clinical Trial
Official title:
Surgical Coaching -Using Error Debriefing, Behavioral Modeling and Error Recognition to Enhance Surgical Skill
| Verified date | May 2015 |
| Source | St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto |
| Contact | n/a |
| Is FDA regulated | No |
| Health authority | Canada: Ethics Review Committee |
| Study type | Interventional |
Simulation in surgical skills training is widely accepted as a necessary step to improve
surgical training outside the operating room. Simulation predominately focuses on teaching a
specific task or procedure. Once this task is acquired ongoing optimization of technique is
desirable. Commonly ongoing skills assessment occurs in the form of peer feedback throughout
training rotations. This feedback is frequently subjective and of variable educational use.
Identifying ongoing technical training needs and enabling personalized objective feedback
represents an important training concept that has not yet been formally used in resident
training.
The specific goal of this study is to prove the effect of a comprehensive surgical coaching
(CSC) approach which combines concepts of behavior modeling training, task debriefing and
error recognition to improve overall surgical technique without additional technical skills
training.
| Status | Completed |
| Enrollment | 20 |
| Est. completion date | October 2014 |
| Est. primary completion date | October 2014 |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
| Gender | Both |
| Age group | N/A and older |
| Eligibility |
Inclusion Criteria: - surgical residents and fellows on rotations with a practice focus on minimally invasive surgery during the time period of the study Exclusion Criteria: - individuals with severe illnesses precluding performance in the OR |
Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Investigator)
| Country | Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | St. Michael's Hospital | Toronto | Ontario |
| Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
|---|---|
| St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto |
Canada,
| Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Surgical Technical Skill | Surgical skill measures as recorded on a procedure specific global rating scale, Objective Structured Assessment of Technical Skills (OSATS) and bariatric OSATS (BOSATS) scores and by tabulation of technical errors, Generic Error Rating Tool (GERT) observed during the index procedures. | After 8 weeks of participation | No |
| Secondary | Learning curves | Development of skill and reduction of errors will be assessed in relation to number of procedures performed to obtain learning curves for each study group. Surgical technical skill will be assessed by OSATS and BOSATS scales, errors will be recorded by GERT checklist |
Throughout 8 weeks of participation | No |